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Repeats (barlines and text indications)

To place a basic repeat in your score

If you want to create a backwards repeat bar that will return to the beginning of the score, do the following.

 

If you want to define a forward and backward repeat barline at the same time, do the following:

 

There are several other options for creating repeat barlines. You could alsoControl-click the fist measure of a section you would like to repeat and choose Create Forward Repeat and then Control-click the last measure of the desired repeated section and choose Create Backward Repeat. Of course, instead of using the contextual menus (Control-click), you can also click to select a measure and choose the desired option from the Repeat menu. This applies for all contextual measure selections described in this chapter.

To delete a repeat barline

To change a repeat barline’s playback definition

To break a repeat barline that connects staves

When you create a repeat barline, it’s ordinarily drawn as a solid line across the space between any grouped staves (those connected by a bracket, for example). If you prefer, you can instruct PrintMusic not to draw the barline continuously through the space between staves.

To hide the ending brackets and text repeats for a specified staff

If your score includes a piano part (for example), you normally won’t want ending brackets (such as a first ending bracket) to appear above both the treble and bass staves. Similarly, you would probably want a Text Repeat (such as “To Coda”) only to appear above the treble staff, not above both. To show endings and text repeats on the top staff only, from the Repeat menu, check Display Endings and Text Repeats on Top Staff.

 

 

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